O’Hare, McDonald’s workers walk off jobs Tuesday in Fight for 15

Scores of demonstrators were arrested on Tuesday as US fast-food and airport workers led nationwide protests for higher pay and union rights in their first major action since Donald Trump was elected president. California police arrested 27 people in Oakland for blocking streets and sidewalks, and in NY, another 26 protesters were arrested for disorderly conduct, according to CNN Money.

Fast-food restaurant workers and home and child-care workers also rallied in cities including Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles and NY. Homecare, childcare, fast food, retail, Uber drivers and airport workers will continue to protest throughout the day, from Los Angeles to MI to Pennsylvania.

The protest was part of a nationwide “Fight for $15” day of disruption. The protest was part of a national demonstration in 340 cities for higher wages, union rights, and civil rights.

There isn’t a single state where minimum wage workers earning $7.25 an hour can afford to rent an apartment. They include cabin cleaners, janitors, wheelchair attendants and baggage handlers.

The increase will take effect gradually however, applying to all of New York City employers by the end of 2019 and all of the state’s companies later under a schedule set by the state.

But not everyone has been in favor of an increasing the minimum wage.

There were also reports of protests in Charlotte, Las Vegas, Phoenix and Minneapolis in addition to many other cities across the U.S.

Organized: The strike at the airport is part of a wider protest for a nationwide $15 minimum wage. Although not unionized, these independent contractors are supported by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).

Organizers for the campaign have promised that the protests, which they have called the Day of Disruption, will be the “largest, most disruptive” of the four-year campaign.

“We work so hard and we hardly even get breaks”, she said. Fast-food restaurant workers and home and child-care workers rallied in cities including Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles and NY on Tuesday morning. Jerry Brown signed a bill into law that will lift the statewide minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2022. The event included demonstrations and work stoppages across the country, including 19 other airports besides O’Hare.